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. BUTTON FASTENING.

No. 253,627. Patented Feb. 14,1882.

ORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC GEORGE W. PRENTICE, OF PROVIDENCE,RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE HEATON BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF SAMEPLACE.

BUTTON-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,627, dated February14, 1882.

Application filed December 29, 1881.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known thatl, GEORGE W. PREN'IIGE, a citizen of theUnited States,residin gat Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Fastenings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification. I

My inventionhas for its object to provide an improved button-fastenerwhich is adapted to be applied to either the upper or under surface ofthe leather or other fabric, and which also holds the eye or shank ofthe button in such a manner as to enable the button to be readilyattached or detached without trouble or loss of time; and it consists ofa fastener formed of a sheet-metal blank having penetrat= ing prongs orpoints to attach it to the fabric, and which is also provided with twocurved jaws or hooks, arranged in such relation to each other as to besprung apart to receive and close upon the eye or shank of the button,all as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an end view of my improved fasteneras applied to a button and fabric; Fig. 2, a side view of the same, andFig. 3 a plan view of the blank from which the fastener is formed.

Similarletters of reference indicatelike parts in the several figures.

The complete fastener is formed from the sheet-metal blank A, which hasasuitable nu mber ofpenetratin g pron gs or points, B, arranged upon itssides and adapted to be bent at right angles thereto, as fully shown inthe drawings. The curved spring jaws or hooks G O for connecting the eyeor shank of the button to the fastening-plate are formed from thecentral part of the blank A and bent up at right angles thereto, side byside, and in such a manner that-when bent up the two parts form aspringloop to receive the eye or shank of the but- (No model.)

ton, which is attached thereto by inserting the fiat side of the shankbetween the said jaws and giving the button a twist or turn, therebyspringing the lower ends of said jaws or hooks through the said eye orshank in opposite directions to each other, as fully shown in Figs. 1and 2. The shank of the button, being thus placed in theloop or j aws,is securely held therein by the jaws springing together. The button may,however, be removed, when desired, in a manner reverse to that abovedescribed.

It will be observed that the plate A may be fastened to the uppersurface of the leather or other fabric by means of the prongs B, whichare bent downward in that case for attachment to the fabric, in a mannerwell known; or the spring-jaws G C may bepushed up through a suitablehole or opening in the leather and the plate clamped to the undersurface of the same by bending the prongs upward.

The fastener thus constructed is securely held to the leather or otherfabric to which it may be applied, giving the whole construction agreater degree of strength and general effi- 'ciency than if the platewere loose and allowed to turn with the button, as is usually the casein devices ofa kindred nature. The plate being a firmly clamped to thesurface of the leather gives the curved jaws greater strength, and atthe same time prevents the same from chafing the flesh of the wearer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is-As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-describedbutton-fastener, consisting of the blank or plate A, provided with thefastenin g-pron gs B, arranged upon the sides thereof, and with thecurved spring-jaws O 0, formed from the central part of said plate andbent at right angles thereto, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE \V. PRENTICE.

Witnesses:

FRANKLIN A. SMITH, J r., E. FISHER.

